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Antoine Portal

1742-01-05 – 1832-07-23

Portrait of Antoine Portal
V0004750 Antoine, Baron Portal. Line engraving by J. P. Dupin, junior Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk https://wellcomeimages.org Antoine, Baron Portal. Line engraving by J. P. Dupin, junior, 1782, after A. Pujos, 1781. Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Credit: JP Dupin jr

Life & Legacy

Baron Antoine Portal (5 January 1742 – 23 July 1832) was a French anatomist, medical doctor, medical historian and founding president of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

Occupation & Career

physician, anatomist, professor, surgeon

Education

Faculté de médecine de Toulouse; Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Knight of the Legion of Honour; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Commander of the Legion of Honour

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Commander of the Legion of Honour · Knight of the Legion of Honour · Officer of the Legion of Honour

Employer

Collège de France

Organizations & Memberships

Académie Nationale de Médecine · Academy of Sciences of Turin · French Academy of Sciences

Education & Institutions

Faculté de médecine de Toulouse · Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q2856645 — wikidata View source

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